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A review by rucha
Good Intentions by Kasim Ali
3.0
3,5⭐️
Sometimes there is an emptiness inside him so large it would take the entire world to fill.
Nur, a British Pakistani guy, finally told his parents about the relationship he have been hiding from them for 4 years. He’s dating Yasmina, a British Sudanese Girl, and finally have the courage to tell about it to his parents.
The story tell us about Nur’s present life, how he trying to make his family understand his decision on dating Yasmina. It also brought you back to 4 years before the present timeline of Nur and telling you the story about how Nur met Yasmina. The story seems like a simple love story, but it wasn’t exactly like that. While we get to know Nur and Yasmina love story, we also get to see a much dire problem that exists inside Muslim community and Asian community. How, Nur as the good son, was actually worried of the prejudice he would get if his parents and people from his community find out that he date a black girl.
Outside of the racial problem, we also get to see Nur’s problem as an individual. He still fighting his own demon and the angst that always got the better of him or being the main factor that cause him to made stupid decisions.
The ending was already predictable when I reach half of this book. I really enjoyed this book even tho Nur’s character made me mad and frustrated.
Sometimes there is an emptiness inside him so large it would take the entire world to fill.
Nur, a British Pakistani guy, finally told his parents about the relationship he have been hiding from them for 4 years. He’s dating Yasmina, a British Sudanese Girl, and finally have the courage to tell about it to his parents.
The story tell us about Nur’s present life, how he trying to make his family understand his decision on dating Yasmina. It also brought you back to 4 years before the present timeline of Nur and telling you the story about how Nur met Yasmina. The story seems like a simple love story, but it wasn’t exactly like that. While we get to know Nur and Yasmina love story, we also get to see a much dire problem that exists inside Muslim community and Asian community. How, Nur as the good son, was actually worried of the prejudice he would get if his parents and people from his community find out that he date a black girl.
Outside of the racial problem, we also get to see Nur’s problem as an individual. He still fighting his own demon and the angst that always got the better of him or being the main factor that cause him to made stupid decisions.
The ending was already predictable when I reach half of this book. I really enjoyed this book even tho Nur’s character made me mad and frustrated.